Murdock Spring No. 2
Murdock Spring No. 2 is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 795 m. Crow Hill stands 2,245 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Harris Creek Spring No. 1, a spring 0.7 miles away. JCT ALT SR 97 TO SOUTH LAKESHORE RD passes 5.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 795 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the JCT ALT SR 97 TO SOUTH LAKESHORE RD
- 6.3 mi off the JCT SR 2 VIC MONITOR TO JCT SR 97 VIC CHELAN
- 7.5 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 19.4 mi off the JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goman Peak: 3.2 mi
- Forest Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Stormy Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Ribbon Mesa: 7.0 mi
- Entiat State Wildlife Area: 6.1 mi
- Willow Point Park: 8.9 mi
- Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 9.2 mi
- Old Swim Hole: 9.4 mi
- Manson Bay Park: 9.5 mi
- Harris Creek Spring No. 1: 0.7 mi
- Murdock Spring No. 3: 0.9 mi
- Harris Creek Spring No. 2: 1.0 mi
- Murdock Spring No. 1: 1.5 mi
- Medsker Spring: 2.3 mi
- Earthquake Point: 7.8 mi
- Tunnel Zip Lines: 8.8 mi
- Lake Shores: 13.6 mi
- Jet Skis Galore: 13.6 mi
- Chelan Parasail: 13.7 mi
- Flower Dancing in the Wind: 14.1 mi
- Coyote Leads The Salmon Up The River: 14.4 mi
- Fishing Rights: 14.5 mi
- Miles and Miles of Blues: 14.5 mi
- Chelan Bear: 14.5 mi
- Nature's Window Museum of Wildlife: 9.0 mi
- Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 9.2 mi
- Entiat Museum: 10.5 mi
- Lake Chelan Historical Society Museum: 14.6 mi
- Douglas County Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Minneapolis Beach: 10.2 mi
- Sand Bar: 21.1 mi
- Marble Rock Beach: 21.3 mi
- Hot Sand Beach: 21.5 mi
- Enchantment Beach: 21.6 mi
- Rex (Rogers) Stamp Mill: 6.6 mi
- 1945 Lake Chelan School Bus Accident Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Lucas Homestead: 10.2 mi
- Lady Of The Lake I Pilot House: 14.5 mi
- CCC: 15.9 mi
- Preston Falls: 7.4 mi
- McCrea Falls: 9.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.5 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 17.0 mi
- Bridal Falls: 17.1 mi
- garden = pumpkin patch: 7.5 mi
- leisure = garden: 7.5 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 21.3 mi
- Ohme Gardens: 22.5 mi
- Ribbon Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Earthquake Point: 8.3 mi
- Number Rock: 10.9 mi
- Upper Castle Rock: 22.8 mi
- Lower Castle Rock: 22.8 mi
- Entiat National Fish Hatchery: 7.2 mi
- Chelan Coulees Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 20.2 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 23.3 mi
- Pioneer Park Picnic Site: 16.0 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Day Use Area: 22.3 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Murdock Spring No. 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Hill | NNW 330° | 2,245 m | 18.1 mi |
| Graham Mountain | NNW 332° | 2,208 m | 20.0 mi |
| Stormy Mountain | N 350° | 2,194 m | 6.7 mi |
| East Point | NNW 340° | 2,083 m | 11.4 mi |
| Signal Peak | WNW 303° | 2,081 m | 11.1 mi |
| Big Hill | NNW 332° | 2,081 m | 16.6 mi |
| Klone Peak | NW 309° | 2,079 m | 17.5 mi |
| Little Goat Mountain | N 350° | 2,061 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:16 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:19 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 36 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 116 | 124 | 157 | 362 | 1,126 | 1,333 | 580 | 196 | 105 | 102 | 152 | 141 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Entiat River Near Ardenvoir, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Bighorn Sheep2 obs
- Douglas-fir2 obs
- Solomon's plume2 obs
- Ocean spray2 obs
- Flax-flowered Linanthus2 obs
- Antelope Bitterbrush2 obs
- western stoneseed2 obs
- Tall western groundsel2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12068447988
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